diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 95d6a01..432802b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ Authors@R: c(
             comment = "rOpenSci reviewer"),
     person("Lincoln", "Mullen",
             role = "ctb",
-            comment = "rOpenSci reviewer")
+            comment = "rOpenSci reviewer"),
+    person("Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy",
+            role = "fnd")
     )
 License: Apache License (>= 2)
 URL: https://docs.ropensci.org/tabulapdf/ (website)
diff --git a/R/locate_area.R b/R/locate_area.R
index f97c71e..f30c70d 100644
--- a/R/locate_area.R
+++ b/R/locate_area.R
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ locate_areas <- function(file,
   file <- localize_file(file, copy = copy)
   # on.exit(unlink(file), add = TRUE)
   dims <- get_page_dims(file, pages = pages)
+
   if (!is.null(thumbnails)) {
     filelist <- list.files(path.expand(thumbnails), pattern = "\\.png$", ignore.case = TRUE, full.names = TRUE)
     file.copy(filelist, tempdir(), overwrite = T)
     paths <- file.path(tempdir(), basename(filelist))
     cat("fetching files")
-  } else if (is.null(pages)) {
+  } else {
     paths <- make_thumbnails(file,
       outdir = tempdir(),
       pages = pages,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ extract_areas <- function(file,
   extract_tables(
     file = file,
     pages = pages,
+    thumbnails = NULL,
     area = areas,
     guess = guess,
     ...
diff --git a/vignettes/tabulapdf.Rmd b/vignettes/tabulapdf.Rmd
index da03b9a..71dabe5 100644
--- a/vignettes/tabulapdf.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/tabulapdf.Rmd
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ The selection from Figure 1 can be used to extract the tables as follows:
 
 ```{r}
 # manual selection, result transcribed below
-# first_table <- locate_areas(f, pages = 2)
-# second_table <- locate_areas(f, pages = 2)
+# first_table <- locate_areas(f, pages = 2)[[1]]
+# second_table <- locate_areas(f, pages = 2)[[1]]
 
 first_table <- c(58.15032, 125.26869, 182.02355, 488.12966)
 second_table <- c(387.7791, 125.2687, 513.7519, 492.3246)